{"id":1179,"date":"2007-02-20T00:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-20T00:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/self-published-books-part-one.html"},"modified":"2007-02-20T00:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-20T00:54:00","slug":"self-published-books-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/self-published-books-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Published Books Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/RdpHJAXd5ZI\/AAAAAAAAAHo\/5A_nsYlw6yQ\/s1600-h\/books.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/RdpHJAXd5ZI\/AAAAAAAAAHo\/5A_nsYlw6yQ\/s320\/books.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033413753582773650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I attended my writers&#8217; meeting last Saturday. I gave a presentation on fiction book proposals. Before the meeting started, we went around the room and introduced ourselves(the same people do not always attend.) There were a few people in attendance who were self-published authors.<\/p>\n<p>One of the attendees has already sold a lot of copies of her self-published book. I suggested, since her book of devotions was so popular, that she go with a traditional publisher. She stated that she felt the spirit telling her to do it this way, and she thanked others for their publication suggestions, however, she couldn&#8217;t go against what the Spirit was telling her to do. Can&#8217;t say that I blame her, but when she told the pricetag attached to her self-published book, I nearly had a heart attack! <\/p>\n<p>Another woman had her self-published titles with her. She&#8217;s a reverend, and has a large speaking platform. This enables her to sell lots of books.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve learned over the years that self-publishing can work for some. I think it works for those who have a unique subject matter for their books. Also, if you have speak regularly and have a large platform, then it may work best since you&#8217;ll probably sell lots of books after the speaking engagement.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be posting part two, the down-side of self-publishing later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Cecelia Dowdy<br \/>www.ceceliadowdy.com<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I attended my writers&#8217; meeting last Saturday. I gave a presentation on fiction book proposals. Before the meeting started, we went around the room and introduced ourselves(the same people do not always attend.) There were a few people in attendance who were self-published authors. 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